St Augustine Grass Care In South Florida

March 18, 2024March 15, 2024 by Norman

How To Care For St Augustine Grass

Maintaining a home garden along with a well-manicured lawn has many benefits for example beautification and increasing your property’s value, these advantages alone should be an inspiration to do what’s necessary to ensure that your St Augustine grass is in tip-top shape but to accomplish this requires some know-how. Below we will be discussing a lawn turf that will go to work for you as you spend time putting in the work.

A popular warm-season grass that’s a part of many landscape designs and home gardens is St Augustine, this grass type when well-maintained looks beautiful. I have worked on many projects from five-star resorts to private homes with this turf type. The proper care of St Augustine grass will reward you with grass that grows thick with a nice green that’s rich in color.

Seaside Herb Gardening In South Florida

March 6, 2024 by Norman

Tips to Grow and Care for a Herb Garden in Coastal Areas

Seaside Gardening In South Florida-container-grown-herbs — *Growing herbs in containers*

Living on the coast can be pretty amazing with the beauty of the ocean, the sounds of the waves, and the slow rustling sound of the sea (water) as it slowley moves towards the shoreline and then recedes to the ocean. For many, this is a dream come true, and to add to that beauty is connecting with nature through gardening. Growing an herb garden that thrives in coastal areas is possible and pretty cool because you get to harvest and enjoy fresh herbs right from your very own garden as you prepare some of your favorite dishes.

March Garden In South Florida

March 5, 2024March 3, 2024 by Norman

March Gardening Guide In South Florida

March Gardening In South Florida-spring-flowering-bulbs — *Spring Flowering bulbs*

With just about two weeks away the spring months are quickly approaching which means we are heading for warmer days, with the coming of spring our garden soils will begin to warm up at a faster rate. Warm-season plants are beginning to wake up from their long winter nap, soon our gardens will be filled with a burst of shades of green and flowing plants that paint our landscapes and gardens with a variety of colorful flower blooms in different shapes and sizes.

Cleaning Your South Florida Turtle Pond

February 29, 2024February 25, 2024 by Norman

How to Clean Your South Florida Turtle Pond

Cleaning Your South Florida Turtle Pond-a-turtle-resting — *A Turtle Resting*

The installation of a turtle pond will help to liven up your garden or landscape design, a garden feature of this sort will create an environment that’s both fun and entertaining. Just watching these little creatures in their natural habitat can be so peaceful and relaxing.

Backyard Turtle Ponds In South Florida

February 23, 2024February 22, 2024 by Norman

How to Construct a Backyard Turtle Pond in South Florida

Backyard Turtle Ponds In South Florida-a-turtle — *A Turtle Resting*

Spruce up your backyard garden with the construction of a turtle pond, these ponds have much to offer and can be lots of fun as you watch turtles interact in their natural habitat. The installation of a turtle pond can help to liven up your garden giving your outdoor living space a feeling of the wild or nature path that creates interest in your garden oasis.

How To Grow A Hamlin Orange Tree In A Container

February 20, 2024 by Norman

Tips to Grow a Hamlin Orange Tree In a Container

How To Grow A Hamlin Orange Tree In A Container — *A glass of orange juice*

The Hamlin orange tree is a popular citrus fruit that is grown in the Florida States and is enjoyed by many, although this fruit tree is grown inground can also be grown and cared for from a container. A container-grown Hamlin orange tree is the perfect fit if you don’t have the yard or garden space or you may want a tree where you have more control as far as its top and outward growth is concerned.

Growing A Hamlin Orange Tree In South Florida Gardens

February 19, 2024 by Norman

How to Grow a Hamlin Orange Tree in South Florida

Growing A Hamlin Orange Tree In South Florida Gardens-and-orange-tree — *And Orange Tree*

A popular orange tree that’s grown in South Florida gardens is Hamlin oranges, once installed and cared for correctly will produce a harvest of sweet juicy oranges. Oranges are a staple food that can be found in many kitchens and is consumed in so many ways including fruit bowls as part of breakfast, lunch or dinner, or a healthy snack.

Cleaning Your South Florida Fish Pond

February 17, 2024February 14, 2024 by Norman

How to Clean Your South Florida Fish Pond

Cleaning Your South Florida Fish Pond-a-frog-and-fish-in-a-pond — *A fish and a frog in a pond*

The installation of a backyard water garden or pond is the highlight of a garden or landscape design, these special gardens will help to create an atmosphere or an environment that’s enjoyable. The sight and the sound of these garden features are inviting as they introduce peace and relaxation.

But to enjoy this added feature we must put a maintenance plan in place to ensure that our water garden keeps its luster or shine by keeping it clean. It’s important to keep these ponds clean especially if we’re caring for pond fish.

Flowers That Bloom Year Round In South Florida

February 11, 2024 by Norman

5 Flowers That Bloom All Year in South Florida

Flowers That Bloom Year Round In South Florida-ixora-flowers — *Ixora flowering plant*

One of the many highlights of a garden is not only how beautifully it’s maintained but also the various colorful flower blooms, a garden that produces such color pop is not only pleasing to one’s eyes but displays a feeling of peace and relaxation that lets us know that nature is at work. The construction of a flower garden provides curb appeal, contributes to our ecosystem (food source) for pollinators, is inexpensive and environmentally friendly, can be used as cut flowers, etc…

Backyard Watering Gardens In South Florida

February 17, 2024February 7, 2024 by Norman

How to Construct Backyard Water Gardens

Backyard Watering Gardening In South Florida--fish-pond — *A Fish Pond*

Installing a backyard water garden is a great way to connect with nature while enjoying your outdoor living space, creating a garden of this sort not only says home sweet home but also provides a natural habitat for wildlife and beneficial insects that will positively impact our ecosystem. The sound and the sights of trickling water can do much in helping to relieve stress as we kick back and relax in our garden oasis.

Vegetable Gardening In South Florida For Begginers

February 5, 2024February 3, 2024 by Norman

How to Start a Vegetable Garden in South Florida

Vegetable gardening In South Florida For Begginers-garlic-herb — *Garlic Herb*

So you’re thinking about starting a vegetable garden, but just don’t know where to start. For the beginner gardener, this can be a bit confusing but the good news is starting a vegetable garden is a step in the right direction because of the many benefits that are involved from encouraging biodiversity in your home garden to contributing to our eco-system, for example, encouraging the presence of pollinators and beneficial insects.

February Garden Insect Pests Guide In South Florida

February 4, 2024February 2, 2024 by Norman

February Garden Pests Control in South Florida

We’re now in February, and as we near the warmer season with hot humid days, expect to see more activity in your gardens from wildlife to pollinators ensuring that your garden plants put forth their best. Pollinators are responsible for transferring pollen between plant species leading to fertilization and helping in the process of seed and fruit production.

February Gardening In South Florida

January 27, 2024 by Norman

February Gardening Guide In South Florida

February Gardening In South Florida-garden-flowers — *Garden Flowers*

We are at the end of January there were many garden projects you took on from weed removal to raking leaves, giving your compost pile some tender loving care to reseeding areas of your lawns that had bare spots, and then there was working on that flower bed or giving your potted plants and vegetable garden that needed attention.

Winter Lawn Care In South Florida

January 25, 2024 by Norman

8 Grass Care Tips for a Healthy Lawn

Cool Season Grass Care For South Florida-grass-mowing — *Grass Mowing*

A well-maintained lawn is a show stopper and is one of the many high lights of a beautiful garden or landscape, the beauty of maintaining a healthy lawn turf is not only the beauty it provides but a well-maintained lawn can increase your property’s value. I have worked on many lawn care projects and have seen what can happen even when paying attention to the smallest detail.

Cool Season Bedding Plants For South Florida Gardens

February 17, 2024January 21, 2024 by Norman

6 Cool Season Bedding Plants To Keep Your South Florida Colorful

Cool Season Bedding Plants For South Florida Gardens-snapdragon-flowers — *Snapdragon Flowers*

The cool season presents the opportunity to fill our gardens with colorful flower blooms, why wait until the spring and summer months when you can get out in your gardens and install cool season annuals that will put on a beautiful display giving that color pop? Many species of bedding plants can be chosen to compliment your existing garden or even if you haven’t started a garden as yet this is the perfect time to transform your outdoor living space into your very own garden oasis.

Cool Season Annuals For South Florida Gardens

January 18, 2024January 18, 2024 by Norman

Cool Season Annuals for South Florida Gardens

Cool Season Annuals For South Florida-pansy-flowering-plants — *Pansy flowering plants*

The cool season offers many opportunities to fill our gardens with beautiful annuals, these flowering plants can provide our January gardens with an abundance of beautiful flower blooms. Cool season annuals will not only paint our garden beds and landscape with colorful flowers but this decorative addition will provide much-needed nectar for pollinators in early spring.

January Garden Pests In South Florida

January 15, 2024January 14, 2024 by Norman

January Garden Pests Control in South Florida

January Garden Pests In South Florida-aphid-garden-insect-pests — *An aphid garden insect pest on plant*

Many garden insect pests are active during the warmer season, spring through summer, but as the season cools down many go dormant by overwintering in leaf litter, plant debris, under rocks and logs, tree holes, and other areas of the landscapes that are considered to be a haven but some can still be found actively lurking that can cause damage to garden plants and lawns. We will be taking a closer look at these garden pests and how to control them to reduce their populations so they are no longer a threat to plant life.

How To Protect Garden Furniture In Winter

January 12, 2024 by Norman

Tips To Protect Your Garden Furniture During Winter

How To Protect Garden Furniture In Winter-outdoor-garden-furniture — *Outdoor garden furniture*

Garden furniture provides comfort making our time spent outdoors relaxing, what better way than to sit back and enjoy all nature has to offer as we spend time alone with a good book in hand, reflexing, or with family and friends? No matter the occasion we can all agree that there is just something about connecting with nature in an outdoor environment setting especially during the spring and summer months.

How To Amend Store Bought Soil

January 10, 2024 by Norman

5 Ways to Amend Store-Bought Soil

How To Amend Store Brought Soil-plants-growing-in-garden-soil — *Plants growing in garden soil*

At the roots of growing healthy plants is the soil type, soil does matter, what happens below ground will determine what happens above ground. Garden plants or seeds that are sowed in poor soils or soils that have poor drainage and little nutrients will negatively impact plant life. Many soil types are sold under different brands or trade names but some of these soils lack what’s needed for proper plant growth.

How To Maintain Compost Over Winter

January 7, 2024 by Norman

Five Proven Methods to Maintain Compost Over Winter

Compost is a gardener’s gold mine because of the many benefits, garden plants love compost and will thrive their best when this natural organic is incorporated with garden soil. Adding compost to your soil will improve biological, physical, and chemical soil properties, provide nutrients for healthy plant growth, conserve moisture, encourage plant rooting depth, reduce soil erosion, and increase microbial activity that’s good for soil and plant health.

January Gardening In South Florida

January 15, 2024January 6, 2024 by Norman

Your January Garden Checklist for South Florida

January Gardening In South Florida-a-flower-garden — *A Flower Garden*

With the warmer months approaching now is the right time to get your garden chores off to a good start, what you do now can help to make your garden jobs easier and can impact the health of your garden plants. Putting a plant in place is your blueprint to success so when the warmer months (spring & summer) arrive you will be at the head of the game that’s a win-win for you and your garden plants. Below we will be discussing your garden checklist for January for your South Florida Garden.

Gardening Gifts For Men

January 21, 2024December 12, 2023 by Norman

Great Garden Gift Ideas

Gardening Gifts For Men-a-worx-lawn-mower — *A Worx Lawn Mower*

The world of gardening offers many opportunities to be creative as we think outside of the box, whether installing a garden, giving your garden a makeover, or ensuring that your garden looks great at all times with the proper care we can all agree that working the soil has its rewards. There are many ways to garden from installing a flowering bed to growing an herb, or vegetable garden, or even your favorite fruit trees or a combination, your efforts will be rewarded as you reap a good harvest.

How To Care For A Poinsettia Plant

December 10, 2023 by Norman

7 Poinsettia Mistakes to Avoid

How To Care For A Poinsettiattia Plant-a-poinsettia-plant — *A Poinsettia Plant*

Poinsettias are beautiful plants that bring with them the spirit and the joy of Christmas, working with poinsettias on many interior plantscape projects during the holidays brought much delightful cheer to many areas of the five-start resort where I once was employed including private homes.

But knowing how to properly care for poinsettias to maintain their beauty and luster during the holidays is the difference between success and failure, the proper care of these garden beauties is not difficult.

How to Care for Curcuma in South Florida

January 15, 2024December 4, 2023 by Norman

Growing Curcuma in South Florida

How To Care For Curcuma In Winter-a-curcuma-flowering-plant — *A Curcuma Flowering Plant*

Curcuma is a perennial plant that’s native to tropical South Asia and belongs to the ginger family Zingiberaceae, there are some 80 species of these garden beauties that are scattered throughout northern Australia, Papua New Guinea, China, and India. Thirty species of Curcuma are said to be “discovered in Thailand”. Curcuma produces large green Canna-like foliage (leaves) and pine cone-shaped flowers.

How To Care For Calendula In South Florida

January 15, 2024December 3, 2023 by Norman

Cool Season Plants for South Florida

How To Care For Calendula In South Florida-calendula-flowers — *Calendula Flowers*

Today is officially the first of December which means that the cooler months are finally here but as the weather cools down we can continue to have a beautiful colorful garden that can continue to flourish during this time of the year. A plant that can keep your South Florida garden colorful is calendula, this garden beauty is native to Southwestern Asia, Macaronesia, Europe, and the Mediterranean. Calendula is a short-lived herbaceous flowering plant that’s in the daisy family Asteraceae and is in a genus of about 12-15 annuals and perennials.

House Plants That Cleans Molds From Your Home’s Air In South Florida

November 30, 2023November 30, 2023 by Norman

8 House Plants that Can Remove Mold From Your South Florida Home

House Plants That Cleans Molds From Your Home's Air In South Florida-a-pink-aglonema — *A Pink Aglaonema*

What Causes House Mold

Studies have shown that in the U. S., about 70% of homes contain certain levels of mold, besides being responsible for certain health issues house mold is responsible for structural damage that is estimated to be about $3.7 billion annually. With the many health issues that house mold causes and the cost of structural damage, it’s important that we do all that we can to prevent mold issues. No matter how small the steps we take can pay off in big ways that can prevent the many issues when it comes to house mold control.

The Best Houseplants for South Florida

January 15, 2024November 23, 2023 by Norman

8 Best Indoor Plants for South Florida

The Best Houseplants For South Florida-a peace-lily — *A Peace Lily*

Enhance your indoor living space with the presence of indoor plants, introducing plants into your indoor living environment is a game changer and a winner. There are so many benefits why indoor plants should be considered especially since we are about to enter into the winter months. Besides beautifying our interior, indoor plants pull toxins out of the air helping to improve indoor air quality. A beautifully maintained indoor garden also contributes to positive mental health.

Fall Lawn Care Tips For South Florida

January 15, 2024November 21, 2023 by Norman

Lawn Care Tips for Fall

Fall Lawn Care Tips For South Florida-a-beautiful-turf-lawn — *A beautiful turf lawn*

There is a lot that goes into having a beautiful lawn, during the spring and summer months lawn turf is actively growing, therefore, we must ensure that our lawns are well taken care of by the many best management practices that include the proper mowing height, adequate irrigation a good fertilizing program, lawn aeration as needed and keeping an eye out for lawn pests and diseases (treat immediately) which can turn a healthy lawn into a nightmare if control measures are not taken right away.

Plants To Install In The Winter In South Florida

January 15, 2024November 21, 2023 by Norman

7 Beautiful Plants for Your Winter Garden

The spring and summer months present opportunities to introduce colors into our gardens with the help of flowering plants, the warm season (spring and summer) brings inspiration to transform our outdoor living space into an oasis or garden paradise that’s restful and inviting. However, the warmer months are long behind us as we approach the cooler season that brings with it winter chills as the temperature drops.

Outdoor Patio Ideas

January 21, 2024November 18, 2023 by Norman

Giving Your Outdoor Living Space a Make-Over

Outdoor Patio Ideas-dining-outdoors — *Dining Outdoors*

Living a healthy and happy life means having a balanced life that promotes our mental as well as our physical health, a sure way to accomplish this is by taking advantage of our surroundings which means spending time outdoors that can impact our lives in so many ways.

How To Protect Beneficial Insects In The Winter

November 12, 2023 by Norman

9Proven Ways to Winter Proof Our Gardens for Beneficial Insects

How To Protect Beneficial Insects In The Winter-a-butterfly-and--bee-collecting-nectar — *A butterfly and a bee collecting nectar*

During the spring and summer months, beneficial insects do a great job by rendering their service that benefits us greatly, whether it is a home garden, plant nursery, farmland, or whatever type of garden project we are involved with, beneficial insects make their presence felt by protecting our garden plants from garden insect pests or by ensuring that our fruits trees, flowers, and other garden plants received the pollination that was needed to produce a great harvest.

How To Overwinter Tomato Plants

November 11, 2023 by Norman

Steps to Winterize Your Tomato Plant

How To Overwinter Tomato Plants-a-tomato-plant — *A tomato plant*

Tomatoes are usually grown in tropical regions as perennials but in other areas are mostly grown as annuals, helping your tomato plant to survive the winter months or become cold tolerant is crucial because this action will help your tomato plant to thrive giving them a head start so when the warmer months returns you can continue to reap a good harvest. If your desire is to keep your tomato plant healthy during the colder months you have come to the right place to know how this process is done so continue reading as we take a closer look at how to overwinter our tomato plants.

Gardening Gifts For Women

January 21, 2024November 9, 2023 by Norman

20 Best Gifts for Women

Gardening Gifts For Women-woman-with-a-gift — *A woman with a gift*

Gardening is a great hobby that is enjoyed by many as we get outdoors in the open air to grow our favorite flowering plants and even our edibles, besides reaping a harvest of our work as we work the soil working in a home garden has also proven to be beneficial both mentally as well as physcially.

Aerogarden Reviews

November 21, 2023November 6, 2023 by Norman

6 Best Aerogarden Systems Buying Guide

Research has shown that growing our very own foods can and has proven to be healthy because when growing our own edibles we are in full control, this thought alone has inspired people to do just that especially since the pandemic the idea of self-sustaining has been embraced by many as we see a growth in growing foods from a home garden whether outdoors or in an indoor environment.

How To Feed Your Soil In The Fall

November 2, 2023November 2, 2023 by Norman

7 Simple Steps to Feed Your Soil In the Fall

How To Feed Your Soil In The Fall-garden-soil — *Garden Soil*

The right soil type lies at the roots of growing healthy plants, this key component (soil) can either make or break a garden therefore we must ensure at all times we meet our garden plants’ requirements by providing them with the right soil type. Providing the right soil type for plants to thrive means conditioning our soil with amendments that are formulated for this purpose.

The fall months present opportunities to make soil improvements because this is the ideal time to prepare our gardens for next season’s crops or to grow that beautiful flower garden.

The Best Fake Indoor Plants

November 11, 2023October 31, 2023 by Norman

7 Best Artificial Indoor Plants

The Best Fake Indoor Plants-artifical-floral-arrangement — *Artificial Floral Plant Arrangement*

Indoor plants can add beauty to an indoor living space, but there are some persons who do not have the time to take care of these garden beauties and then there are those who say “they don’t have a green thumb” but would still love to transform and bring change to their indoor environment.

The good news is both sides can be satisfied by the installation of artificial plants, artifical plants are popular and can be found in many homes, office buildings, restaurants, hotels, and other establishments.

How To Prep Your Garden For Winter

October 28, 2023 by Norman

Tips to Prepare Your Garden for Winter

How To Prep Your Garden For Winter-a-bird-eating-berries — *A bird eating red berries*

The changing weather is a sure sign that the winter months are fast approaching, the spring and the summer months were full of so much to do as many gardeners and plant growers across the country made those needed changes even for some that gave their gardens a makeover. Whether growing ornamental plants or edible crops on a small or wide scale there is no denying the time and hard work spent did not go without their rewards as we connect with nature giving a helping.

How To Overwinter Pepper Plants

October 27, 2023 by Norman

Tips to Winterize Your Pepper Plants

How To Overwinter Pepper Plants-peppers-growing-in-a-container — *Growing Peppers*

The flavors of peppers can wake up any dish with its flaming sizzle, this spice plant is a favorite of many worldwide especially in the Caribbean. There are an estimated “50,000 varieties of peppers that are grown throughout the world, but most of them are not considered to be hot just 4,000”. Peppers are usually grown as annuals but in tropical -sub-tropical climates they are rare as perennials.

How To Identify Winter Garden Insect Pests

October 25, 2023 by Norman

5 Garden Pests to Look for in the Winter

How To Indentify Winter Garden Insect Pests-aphid-insect-pest — *Aphid garden insect pests*

During the spring and the summer months garden pests can become a real issue, farmlands, nurseries, home gardens, and other plant growers are faced with the challenge of controlling garden insect pest populations. If these pests are left unchecked and not dealt with can cause server damage, according to one study it’s estimated that the damage insect pets cause on a yearly basis amounts to ” $77 billion”.

Fall Landscaping Ideas Front Yard

October 25, 2023October 24, 2023 by Norman

Tips to Spruce Up Your Front Yard

Fall Landscaping Ideas Front Yard-dahlia-flowers — *Dahlia Flowering Plants*

Giving your front yard a fall makeover is a great way to spruce up your garden and landscape, the fall months present many opportunities to add some colors and make seasonal changes that will keep your garden colorful and vibrant.

Because of the fall months, many gardens across the country are starting to look tired with tree-shading leaves and flowering blooms that are fading or refusing to bloom as they once did.

How To Provide For Wildlife In The Fall

November 11, 2023October 23, 2023 by Norman

7 Ways to Provide for Wildlife in the Fall

How To Provide For Wildlife In The Fall-blue-jay-birds — *Blue Jay Birds*

Nature is about to take her long-awaited rest until the warmer season returns, with the colder months looming just ahead many wildlife unlike bears, raccoons, chipmunks, squirrels, wood frogs, and other species of animals that go into hibernation, will be faced with the challenge of finding shelter and food.

How To Protect Ornamental Plants From Fall Insects

October 19, 2023 by Norman

Tips to Pests Proff Ornamental Plants

How To Protect Ornamental Plants From Fall Insects-a-worm-larva — *Worm-Larva*

Giving your fall garden a spring cleaning will prove beneficial to garden plants, if you have not started as yet it’s not too late for you to put a plan in place. A fall garden cleanup will not only prepare your garden for the winter months that’s ahead but will discourage disease and garden insect pests from overwintering giving you a jump start so that when the warmer seasons arrive your plants will continue to grow healthy.

How To Protect Fruit Trees From Fall Insects

October 19, 2023October 18, 2023 by Norman

Tips to Pests Proff Your Fruit Trees

How To Protect Fruit Trees From Fall Insects-a-cherry-tree — *A Cherry Tree*

The spring and summer months present their challenges as we wage war on insect pests that seek to rob us of our harvest, these uninvited guests though active in spring and summer time can still be found lurking in our gardens during the fall season. Now is not the time to sit back and relax but to continue to keep a watch for these pests that can cause much damage.

How To Control Winter Garden Insect Pests

October 17, 2023 by Norman

Tips to Control Pest in the Winter

How To Control Winter Garden Insect Pests-a-snail — *A Snail*

Creating a garden oasis or growing an edible garden has its rewards but keeping your garden growing healthy requires best management practices to ensure that your plants are getting what they need for proper growth. From cultivating the soil, soil amendments, to weed control, water management, and fertilizing schedules are some practices that must be carried out but one challenge that must be dealt with is the control of garden pests.

How To Winterize Mandevillas

October 17, 2023October 16, 2023 by Norman

Winterizing Mandevilla Indoors

How To Winterize Mandevillas-a-pink-mandevilla-plant — *A Pink Mandevilla Plant*

During the spring and summer months Mandevillas puts on a beautiful display of flower blooms, this tropical to sub-tropical garden beauty is a warm-season plant that’s native to Central and South America.

Mandevilla produces green glossy leaves, the trumpet-shaped flowers come in an array of colors from white, yellow, and shades of pink, for example, bold hot pink, soft, cotton-candy pink and bright pink, bright red, and apricot varieties, etc…

Should I Prune Fruit Trees In The Fall

November 11, 2023October 14, 2023 by Norman

How to Prune Fruit Trees

Should I Prune Fruit Trees In The fall-and-apple-tree — *And Apple Tree*

Annual pruning of fruit trees will encourage healthy growth along with more fruit production, although the fall months present the opportunity to do some spring cleaning, thought, and care should be considered when carrying out pruning procedures. While pruning has its benefits we should approach this practice as to why we should prune during the fall months.

While some pruning can be considered during the fall season the ideal or best time to prune fruit trees is when the tree is dormant during early spring about two weeks after the last frost.

How to Fall Garden with Hanging Baskets

October 11, 2023 by Norman

Fall Hanging Basket Ideas

How To Fall Garden With Hanging Baskets-fuchsia-flowering-plant — *Fuchsia flowers hanging basket*

Gardening above the ground with hanging baskets is a great way to kick off the fall season, what I love about hanging baskets is utilizing that extra space besides the addition of beauty and colors. Hanging baskets can do so much to lighten and brighten up an area. Though you may not have sufficient space for a garden or container garden you can still add beauty with the implementation of hanging baskets.

How To Plant An Indoor Winter Garden

November 11, 2023October 8, 2023 by Norman

Extend The Growing Season with these Ideas

How To Plant And Indoor Winter Garden-growing-herbs-in-conainers — *Growing herbs in containers*

The winter months are just ahead of us but that does not mean that when winter arrives we have to stop (gardening) doing what we love. We can continue to connect with nature in our indoor living space ( indoor winter garden) which presents as much opportunity as working in our outdoor garden area.

How to Water Your South Florida Garden In The Fall

January 15, 2024October 7, 2023 by Norman

South Florida Fall Garden Watering Guide

How To Water Your South Florida Garden In The Fall-watering-flowers — *Watering Flowers*

The winter months are fast approaching which means preparing our fall gardens to weather the cold season, apart from our fall garden cleanup is ensuring that garden plants are continuing to get adequate water. Sure we may have gotten over the heat wave (summer months) but now is not the time to discontinue watering garden plants because the temperature is starting to drop.

How to Protect Beneficals insects in Your Sout Florida Garden

January 15, 2024October 5, 2023 by Norman

Fall Garden Beneficial Insects Tips

How To Protect Beneficial Insects In Your South Florida Garden-ladybugs-on-a-plant — *Ladybugs on a plant*

During, the spring and summer months beneficial insects are hard at work helping to bring control to garden pests, many of these insects can be found moving about our gardens and landscapes and for some of us who may not see their presence the evidence that they are there are clearly visible either by the body parts of garden insect pests, pest population is low or our plants are thriving and growing healthy.